Plainfield man sentenced to 26 years following first-degree robbery conviction

A judge sentenced Tieheem Young, 31, to 26 years in prison today following his June conviction on first-degree robbery charges for robbing and pistol-whipping another city man in November 2011.The Star-Ledger

PLAINFIELD — A Plainfield man was sentenced to 26 years in prison today following his conviction in June on first-degree robbery charges, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Tieheem Young, who turned 31 today, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of robbing and pistol-whipping another city man in November 2011.

Prosecutors had argued that Young and an accomplice confronted a 28-year-old man outside an apartment building on West 7th Street in Plainfield and forced him into a vestibule. Young then struck the man in the head with a gun’s handle and pointed his gun at the man while his accomplice took the victim's wallet, cell phone and watch. Both men fled and the accomplice was never identified, authorities said.

Plainfield police arrested Young the next day after the victim identified him as one of the robbers.